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Women in Brussels 'filmed without their knowledge' by men wearing Meta smart glasses
(www.brusselstimes.com)
this post was submitted on 03 Jun 2026
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Even if the LED is visible, is this enough to consider it consensual?
No, consent is saying yes or no, not wether or not I see a small LED (which can probably also be disabled by the savvy individual)
You don't need to be too savy to put a little piece of black tape over it
It is not that simple. It has a sensor to check if the led is covered.
Just tape over that sensor too
it's not that siml- gets taped
It's tape all the way down, isn't it?
Perhaps not a piece of black tape, sure--but it's not like there aren't options out there. A quick Bing provided plenty of links to research ways to circumvent the LED.
Respect for not using Google for search.
Did you try Ecosia?
That's actually my go-to! Started using Ecosia after reading about it here 🙂
As for my comment--I figured Bing would make a better verb than Google (plus I'm so over Google at this point)
Tell that to some states in the US where there's a thing called "one-party consent", i.e. if one party knows about the recording (which the wearer obviously would), it's legal.
That's for reccrding audio, iirc. Much more defensible and protects the little guy more. Eg, recording a meeting with an asshole boss
It's the same in Sweden, you are allowed to record any conversation you yourself is taking part in. I think it's a fair law. Video though, not so much.
That's for audio, not video, but it does bring up a point - do these glasses record audio? Because that could be a legal defense in a two party consent state. It would essentially make it illegal in two party states. It also depends on whether audio in public is protected at all, the way video is.
Which US state is Brussels in? Does EU law apply in that state?
There are multiple: IL, WI
Unlikely
No. That would mean everyone in the world would have to be up-to-date with technological "advances", and that everyone would have the assertiveness to explicitly deny someone's attempt at filming / uphold their right to privacy. Not everyone is up-to-date, and definitely not everyone has the assertiveness, nor is there an equal balance of power between two parties. E.g., I know for sure that a lot of elder people walking in the forest would like to speak up to younger obnoxiously loud morons, but they don't because they know many people are too weak/underdeveloped/self-centered to handle criticism well, and therefore they remain silent out of fear for being physically assaulted.
There is generally no such consent required in public in most countries
Not when one is a part of a crowd, but when the focus is directly on someone, consent should be asked.
Should and needs to be are different things